Abstract

Agriculture is of paramount importance of Sub- Sahara African SSA countries Owing to that governments and donors invest in the agricultural sector in order to meet the sustainable development goals However gaps are observed between official development assistance ODA disbursements and commitments Therefore this paper investigates the effect of ODA and its volatility on agricultural productivity growth in SSA over the period 2002-2015 using a random effect model The findings reveal a negative and significant effect of ODA volatility on agricultural productivity growth The findings suggest that SSA countries partners may continue helping them to boost the agricultural productivity growth through ODA and reduce the gap between ODA disbursements and ODA commitments to make ODA more predictable